The wave of defections sweeping through the House of Representatives intensified on Thursday as four lawmakers from Bauchi State abandoned the Peoples Democratic Party for the Allied Peoples Movement, in the latest sign of shifting political alliances ahead of the 2027 general election.
The defections were formally announced during plenary when Speaker Tajudeen Abbas read letters from the affected lawmakers notifying the House of their decision to leave the PDP.
The lawmakers are Muhammad Shehu, representing Zaki Federal Constituency; Aliyu Garu, representing Bauchi Federal Constituency; Sani Tanko, representing Shira/Giade Federal Constituency and Mansur Soro, representing Darazo/Ganjuwa Federal Constituency.
Also announcing a change of political allegiance was Jeremiah Umaru, who represents Akwanga/Nasarawa Eggon/Wamba Federal Constituency of Nasarawa State.
Umaru defected from the ruling All Progressives Congress to the Social Democratic Party.
The central theme in their letters of defection was “internal party squabbles” and the “Need to provide effective representation” to
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